The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most captivating images, crocodiles feast, a leopard yawns, and more

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Revelers at Festival of San Fermin.
A Tibetan artist practices before the Dalai Lama's 82nd birthday celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA))

Revelers cram in together to celebrate the start of the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain.
(Image credit: (EPA/VILLAR LOPEZ))

A young woman rides her horse alongside a pack of cyclists competing in the 104th Tour de France.
(Image credit: (EPA/YOAN VALAT))

A man crosses a flooded road littered with fallen rocks in Hita, Japan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kyodo))

A packed Fourth of July on Coney Island, New York.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly))

Crocodiles eat chicken heads at Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha))

A roller coaster at Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel))

Scientists from the German Aerospace Center test robots on Mount Etna in Italy.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello))

A boat sails in Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.
(Image credit: (EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY))

A clouded leopard yawns in its enclosure at Prague Zoo, Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK))

Ground staff prepares the lawn during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London.
(Image credit: (EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA))

A woman crosses the street in front of hundreds of people painted like clay figures to protest the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)**See last week's best photojournalism**)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.